A Few New Titles for 9th Floor

Norton, Trevor
Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth: A Celebration of Scientific Eccentricity and Self-Experimentation
R 853.S44 N67 2011

Stepan, Nancy
Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?
RA 643 .S74 2011

Aczel, Amir D.
A Strange Wilderness: the Lives of the Great Mathematicians
QA 21 .A29 2011

Schwalbe, Michael
Smoke Damage: Voices From the Front Lines of America’s Tobacco Wars
RA 1242.T6 S33x 2011
More information: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4966.htm

Filed under: biology, books, Health, Library, Medicine, science

Merck Manual App Available

The Merck Manual, which is available in print at the library, as well as online through a link in the online catalog, is now available as an application  for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you need the Merck Manual on the go, you can now take it with you.

The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home edition
REF RC81 .M535x 2003

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
REF RC55 .M4

More information is here on the Agile Partners website and on the Merck  website.

Filed under: alerts, books, Health, Library, Medicine, reference

Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests

We have access to a new e-book: The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests.  This resource was named one of the Best Reference Sources for 2009 by Library Journal.

Description from the Gale website:

“This encyclopedia is written especially for patients and allied health care students by experts in the field.  The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests provides in-depth coverage of 535 surgical procedures, medical tests and related topics, such as anesthetics, common lab test and procedures, medications and postoperative care. Entries for medical test and surgical procedures follow a consistent format, covering definition; purpose; demographic information; diagnosis/preparation; aftercare; risks; morbidity and mortality rates; alternatives and more.”

This ebook is available through the Library Catalog and on the following Library Web pages:

Electronic Resources and Databases for Electronic Books

Electronic Resources and Databases for Medicine, Health, and Nursing

Note: You must be an authorized JSU user to get access off campus.

Filed under: alerts, Health, Medicine, reference

‘Health-at-every-size’ Approach Is Effective: Health-centered Weight Control Method Shows Promise

I thought that this article mentioned on  ScienceDaily was interesting and I thought that it was worth sharing.

ScienceDaily (2009-11-05) — Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity — and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a “weight-acceptance” intervention, researchers found that there could be long-term beneficial effects on certain eating behaviors using a weight-acceptance intervention approach.

Elsevier Health Sciences (2009, November 5). ‘Health-at-every-size’ Approach Is Effective: Health-centered Weight Control Method Shows Promise. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104123025.htm#

The full text of the original article  is available via the Elsevier ScienceDirect database. Citation:

Veronique Provencher, Catherine Begin, Angelo Tremblay, Lyne Mongeau, Louise Corneau, Sylvie Dodin, Sonia Boivin, Simone Lemieux, Health-At-Every-Size and Eating Behaviors: 1-Year Follow-Up Results of a Size Acceptance Intervention, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 109, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 1854-1861.

Filed under: alerts, articles, Health, journals, JSU, Library, Medicine

Interactive Flu Assessment Sites

Flu.gov has an interactive site that allows users to answer questions to help determine if they or their child might have the H1N1 flu.

Another site, presented by Emory University and Microsoft, allows users to take a flu self-assessment.

Both sites ask the user a series of questions, and help them decide what course of action to take, such as seeing a doctor.

Filed under: Flu, Health, Medicine

Search Science and Health E-Books

A sub-collection of electronic books in Science and Health allows you to search all of the e-books in this area at once, if you would like to do so.  This link lets you conduct a simultaneous search in:

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative medicine

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Filed under: biology, books, databases, Health, journals, Library, Medicine, nursing, science

Influenza (Flu) Evidence-based Medical Information from EBSCO Publishing

A site with a collection of useful information.

Influenza (Flu) Evidence-based Medical Information from EBSCO Publishing

Shared via AddThis

Filed under: Flu, Health, Medicine

New Site to Share Influenza Information

The Public Library of Science has launched a new website, PLoS Currents: Influenza, to facilitate sharing of information.

The open access site “is built on three key components: a small expert research community that PLoS is working with to run the website; Google Knol with new features that allow content to be gathered together in collections after being vetted by expert moderators; and a new, independent database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) called Rapid Research Notes, where research targeted for rapid communication, such as the content in PLoS Currents: Influenza will be freely and permanently accessible.”

Filed under: alerts, biology, Flu, Health, Medicine, nursing

Five Communities to Get Grant to Fight Obesity

According to a report from Medicalnewstoday.com, five Alabama communties will receive grant funding to help fight obesity.

JSU’s Office of Public Relations page states that  “Five Alabama communities have been selected to receive grants of $3,000 each to stimulate community-based physical activity and nutrition programs to reduce risks for overweight and obesity. Receiving funding will be Anniston, Birmingham, Greensboro, Millbrook and Montgomery.” Read more.

Recent news reports have said that our state ranks high in numbers of obese people who are at risk for diabetes and other obesity-related conditions.

Filed under: Health, Medicine

Medical Podcasts from Johns Hopkins

My Featured Website for today is one that I found when going through my book review cards that we get monthly from Choice magazine. This card was actually from April. I saved it to look at later.

As there has been interest in podcasts around the library recently, I took another look at Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts, Audio and Multimedia site.

Each one of the weekly Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup podcasts covers several different subjects, and they feature Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange M.D., professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and vice chairman of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  A recent podcast’s topics ranged from computer-based smoking cessation programs, swine flu, and diabetes risk prediction.  Also,  Hopkins PodBlog covers what each week’s news roundup podcast is about.

Other podcasts cover cancer, gastroenterology,  and neurology, and may be found here.

Johns Hopkins also offers more information about podcasts and how to subscribe.

Filed under: alerts, Medicine, Web 2.0